Friends
Glen Campbell
Intro Dm Bb Bb7 Eb Cm Fm Bb Bb7 Eb Ab Eb Bb7 Bb
(recitation, no singing)
Verse 1
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Friends are never earned
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They're a gift from the loving God
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And they're precious beyond human valuation
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But you dare not take them for granted
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Or they'll drift away like smoke
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And the warmth of their caring will vanish
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Like the chill of the endless nights
Verse 2
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Most of my friends are unknowns
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And they probably won't rate an obituary
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Unless they live and die in small towns
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Where nothing much ever happens
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But a few of my friends are big people
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They'd made the world ring with laughter
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Down to it's gaseous burning core
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They're famous, sensitive, talented
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And their names are household words
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Yet they are no more precious in God's eyes or in mine
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Than those wonderful nobodys who live and die in small towns
Verse 3
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Who is your friend?
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He's someone who warms you with a nod
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Or with the unspoken word in hard times
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When you're hurting beyond words
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Who is your friend?
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She's someone who holds you to her breast
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And sighs softly into your hair
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When no other medicine can stop the pain
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A friend is someone who clinks his glass against yours
Or answers the phone
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At three in the morning when you're lost
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And with a few words of encouragement and concern
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Makes you realize you aren't really lost at all
Outro
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Friends come in both sexes and in all shapes and sizes
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The most important thing they have in common
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Is the ability to share with you your most sky splitting joys
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Or your deepest, most awesome sorrows
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For they are your friends
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God Bless Glen Travis Campbell